But deliver us from evil For thine is the Kingdom the Power and the Glory for ever and ever Amen The Apostle's Creed divided into Articles 1. I Believe in God the Father Almighty maker of Heaven and Earth 2. And in Jesus Christ his onely Son our Lord. 3. Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary 4. He suffered under Pontius Pilate was crucified dead and buried 5. He descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead 6. He ascended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty 7. From thence he shall come to judge the Quick and the Dead 8. I believe in the Holy Ghost 9. The Holy Catholick Church The Communion of Saints 10. The Forgiveness of Sins 11. The Resurrection of the Body 12. And the Life Everlasting Amen An Advertisement CONCERNING The Division of the Hours of PRAYER IT appeareth both by the Histories of the Jews and by plain Observations out of the New Testament that the space of the Day from the Morning to the Evening was solemnly divided into four equal parts which they called Hours to wit the First the Third the Sixth and the Ninth The First Hour comprehended the whole space from the Sun being risen about six of the clock in the Morning after our account till Nine or thereabouts The Third Hour began from thence and lasted till High-noon with us The Sixth from thence to our three of the clock after Noon The Ninth from that hour to the Vespers or Evensong about six in the evening or Sun-set And what was done in any part of these four spaces was indifferently taken and said to be done in that Hour whereunto every space of time was allotted In which respect St. Mark chap. 15. 25. saith It was the Third Hour when they crucified Christ and yet St. John chap. 19. 14. saith It was about the Sixth Hour before he was yet crucified Nor is there any contradiction at all between these two Evangelists St. Mark understanding the last part of the Third Hour which was now at the very end and St. John meaning that it was now near upon the beginning of the Sixth Hour which was immediately to follow the ending of the Third and the beginning of the Sixth being both one and the same point of time THE DAILY OFFICE OF A CHRISTIAN The Office for every day In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen O Lord I am risen up and fallen prostrate before thee Prevent me I beseech thee in all my doings with thy most gracious Favour and further me with thy continual Help that in all my Works begun continued and ended in thee I may glorifie thy holy Name and finally by thy mercy obtain Everlasting Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmighty God and most merciful Father all Merciful Mercy it self I have erred wittingly and strayed willingly nay run from thy ways more like an untamed Heifer than a lost or wandring Sheep I have followed too much even altogether the absurd devices and brutish desires of my own heart I have offended against nay been offended at thy holy most holy Laws I have left undone not done at all those things which I ought to have done And I have done done nothing else but those things which I ought not to have done And there is no health no hope of health in me But thou O Lord have mercy upon me miserable most miserable sinner the greatest sinner and most unthankful for so great Grace Spare me and them all O God which confess their faults Restore me and all them that be penitent that desire to be penitent that wish they were would be glad if they were so that fear they are not enough and are sorry they are no more For this is according to thy Promises most pretious most gracious most sweet Promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. Grant therefore O most merciful Father for his sake who is our Redeemer Advocate Author and Finisher of our Faith our Propitiation Righteousness and Justification that I and all Penitents may hereafter live a Godly Righteous and Sober Life to the Glory of thy holy Name and the Salvation of our own Souls Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father pardon I beseech thee all the Sins Omissions and Commissions Thoughts Words and Deeds by which I have provoked thee unto anger from the time of my Birth to this present moment That no one nor all of my sins together may ever be able to cry oftner or louder in thine Ears for Vengeance than the Cry of my Prayers may ascend up unto thee for Mercy and for Forgiveness and obtain that they sue for Particularly I humbly beseech thee forgive unto me my Great and my Clamorous sins such as are c. O Lord against Heaven and against Thee have I sinned and committed foul Trangressions in thy sight but I beseech thee wipe them all out of the Book of Remembrances which thou hast written through Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen GIve unto me O Lord I humbly beseech thee a wise a sober a patient an understanding a devout a religious a courageous Heart Chaste and temperate Reins and Thoughts A Soul full of Devotion to do thee service strength against all Temptations especially the Temptations of c. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I give thee humble and hearty thanks increase my thankfulness I beseech thee for all Benefits and Blessings both Spiritual and Temporal which in the riches of thy great Mercy thou hast liberally poured down upon me but especially Spiritual Lord let me not live but to praise and magnifie Thee and thy glorious Name Particularly I give thee most unfeigned thanks for my preservation from the time of my Birth to this present moment for c. For bringing me safe to the beginning of this day in which and all the days of my life I beseech thee preserve me from sin and from danger in Soul and in Body that all my thoughts words and works may tend to the honour and glory of thy Name the good of thy Church the discharge of my Duty the salvation of my Soul in the day of my appearance and account to be made before thee through Jesus Christ our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee bless thy Holy Catholick Church wheresoever spread upon the face of the whole Earth Good Lord purge it from all Atheism Heresie Schism Superstition factious maintenance of Groundless Opinions that one Faith one Lord one Baptism may in all places be uniformly professed as thy Church is and can be but one And grant good Lord that I may be and continue a faithful living and a working Member under Christ the Head in that Church the Body all the days of my life and at the hour of my death through
I took of my self upon it And as for them and their like let them not have their desire O Lord let not their mischievous imaginations prosper against me nor their furie lay hold upon me lest they be too proud and lest I end my wearie days in miserie Yet forgive them O Lord for they know not why they did it And according to thy wonted mercie preserve me to serve thee and let the same watchful Protection which now defended me guard me through the remainder of my life And this for thine own goodness sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O eternal God and merciful Father I humbly beseech thee look down upon me in this time of my great and grievous affliction Lord if it be thy blessed will make mine Innocencie appear and free both me and my Profession from all scandal thus raised on me And howsoever if thou be pleased to trie me to the uttermost I humbly beseech thee give me full patience proportionable comfort contentment with whatsoever thou sendest and an heart readie to die for thy Honour the Kings Happiness and this Churches Preservation And my zeal to these is all the sin humane frailty excepted which is yet known to me in this particular for which I thus suffer Lord look upon me in mercie and for the merits of Jesus Christ pardon all my sins many and great which have drawn down this Judgment upon me and then in all things do with me as seems best in thine own eyes and make me not onely patient under but thankful for whatsoever thou dost O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O eternal God and merciful Father after long imprisonment I am now at last called to answer I most humbly beseech thee to strengthen me through this Tryal to preserve the patience with which thou hast hitherto to blessed me through this affliction Suffer no coarse language or other provocation to make me speak or do any thing that may mis-become my person mine age my calling or my present condition And Lord I beseech thee make me able to clear to the world that Innocencie which is in my heart concerning this Charge laid against me Grant this O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O merciful Lord I have had a long and a tedious Tryal and I give thee humble and heartie thanks for the wonderful strength that I have received from thee in the bearing up of my weakness Lord continue all thy mercies towards me for the storm gathers and grows black upon me and what it threatens is best known to thee After a long Tryal I am called to answer in the House of Commons and that not to Evidence but to one single man's report of Evidence and that made without Oath What this may produce in present or in future thou knowest also O Lord furnish me with patience and true Christian wisdom and courage to bear up against this drift and send not out thy storms to beat upon me also but look comfortably upon me to my end in and through the merits of Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen Prayers upon sundry Publick Occasions MOST gracious God we humbly beseech thee as for this Kingdom in general so especially for the High Court of Parliament under our most Religious and Gracious King at this time assembled that thou wouldest be pleased to bless and direct all their Consultations to the preservation of thy Glorie the good of thy Church the safetie honour and welfare of our Soveraign and his Kingdoms Lord look upon the humilitie and devotion with which they are come into thy Courts And they are come into thy House in assured confidence upon the merits and mercies of Christ our blessed Saviour that thou wilt not denie them the grace and favour which they beg of thee Therefore O Lord bless them with that wisdom which thou knowest necessarie to speed and bring great designes into action and to make the maturitie of his Majesties and their Counsels the happiness and the blessing of this Commonwealth These and all other necessaries for them for us and thy whole Church we humbly beg in the Name and Mediation of Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour Amen O eternal God and our most gracious Father thou art the Lord of Hosts and the strength of all Nations is from thee If thou keepest not the Citie the Watchman waketh but in vain And no Victorie can wait upon the justest designes upon the wisest Counsels upon the strongest Armies if thou teach not their hands to war and their fingers to fight Thou art the steadie hope of all the ends of the Earth and of them which go and remain in the broad Sea Lord at this time we need thy more special Assistance both by Land and Sea and sor the mercie of Christ deny us neither Be with our Armies and the Armies of our Allies and Associates by Land be with our Navie at Sea Be not from the one nor from the other in power and in great mercie until thou hast brought them back with honour and a setled Peace Lord turn our Enemies sword into their own bosom for we sought Peace and ensued it and while we did so they did more than make themselves readie to battel We are thy servants truly and heartily sorrie for our sins Lord forgive them and then we will trust upon thee that thou wilt pour down all thy Blessings upon this and all other designes and actions of this State undertaken for thy glorie the honour of our most gracious King CHARLES and the peace and welfare of this Church and Commonwealth Grant this we humbly beseech thee for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Advocate Amen Most gracious God we humbly beseech thee pardon and forgive all our many great and grievous transgressions We may not hope thou wilt take off thy punishments until thou hast forgiven our sins We may not think thou wilt forgive our sins until our humiliation and repentance come to ask forgiveness We have been too slow to come and now thou hast apparell'd thy Mercie in Justice to force us to thee Lord we believe but do thou increase our Faith our Devotion our Repentance and all Christian Vertues in us At this time the Vials of thy heavie displeasure drop down upon us and while we smart under one Judgement thou threatnest the rest The Pestilence spreads in our Streets and so as if it sought whom to devour No strength is able to stand against it and it threatens to make Families nay Cities desolate While the Pestilence eats up thy People we hear the sound of War and the Sword calleth for such as it would devour In the mean time the Heavens are black over us and the Clouds drop leanness and it will be Famine to swallow what the Pestilence and the Sword shall leave alive unless thou send more seasonable Weather to give the Fruits of the
good Journey * O Lord I deserve not the guidance of a Star to guide me yet I beseech thee grant me a good Journey seasonable Weather and a happie return that thy holy Angel being my Companion and Protector I may arrive happily to my Journeys end and back again to my own home and at last to the Port of everlasting Salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Be present with me O Lord and preserve thy Servant be thou my Upholder when I am in slipperie places and be thou my Haven when I am in danger of shipwrack that by thy guidance I may finish this Journey prosperously and at length return in safetie to my own place through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Give ear O Lord to my Supplications and so dispose the way of thy Servant that amidst all the changes and chances of this life and this way I may ever be defended by thy most gracious help through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord save me thy servant who put my trust in thee send me help from thy holy place and defend me out of Sion Be thou unto me a strong tower from the face of my Enemie Let the Enemie have no advantage over me nor the Son of Wickedness approach to hurt me O make my Journey prosperous to me thou that art the God of my Health O Lord hear my Prayers and let my Crying come unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Rain O God heavenly Father whose gift it is that the Rain doth fall the Earth is fruitful Beasts increase and Fishes do multiply send us we beseech thee such moderate Rain and showers that we may receive the Fruits of the Earth to our comfort and to thy honor through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For Fair Weather O Lord God who for the sin of Man didst once drown all the World except eight persons and afterward of thy great mercie didst promise never to destroy it so again we humbly beseech thee that though we for our iniquities have worthily deserved a Plague of Rain and Waters yet upon our true repentance thou wilt give us such Weather whereby we may receive the Fruits of the Earth in due season and learn both by thy punishment to amend our lives and for thy Clemencie to give thee praise and glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Fasting O Lord the zeal of thine house hath even eaten me up and the rebukes of them which rebuked thee are fallen upon me Therefore I wept and chastned my self with fasting and that was turned to my reproof I put on sackcloth also and they jested upon me they that sate in the gate also spake against me and the drunkards made songs upon me But Lord I make my Prayer unto thee and I hope in an acceptable time O hear me in the multitude of thy mercies which are in Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen In Lent O Lord which for our sake didst fast fortie days and fortie nights give us grace to use such abstinence that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness and true holiness to thy honour and glorie who livest and raignest one God with the Father and the Holy Ghost Amen The Fast of the four Ember-weeks ALmightie God the giver of all good gifts who of thy divine Providence hast appointed divers Orders in the Church give thy Grace I humbly beseech thee to all those which are to be called to any Office and Administration in the same and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and innocence of life that they may faithfully serve before thee to the glorie of thy great Name and the benefit of thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Earnest Prayer STir up I beseech thee O Lord the wills of thy faithful People that they plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works may of thee be plenteously rewarded through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of Afflictions Perils and Adversities IF I find favour in thine eyes O Lord thou wilt bring me again and shew me both the Ark and the Tabernacle and set me right in thy service and make me joyful and glad in thee But if thou say O for Jesus his sake say it not I have no pleasure in thee behold here I am do with me as seemeth good in thine own eyes Amen O Lord though I be afflicted on every side let me not be in distress Though in want of some of thy comforts yet not of all Though I be chastned yet let me not be forsaken Though I be cast down let me not perish And though my outward man decay and perish yet let my inward man be renewed daily even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord whatsoever thou shalt lay upon me I will hold my peace and not open my mouth because it is thy doing and my deserving Amen O Lord thou hast dealt graciously with thy servant according to thy Word For before I was troubled I went wrong but now have I prayed that I may keep thy Law And it is good for me that I have been in trouble that so I may learn still to keep it better in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen I know O Lord that thy Judgments are right and that thou of very faithfulness hast caused me to be troubled O let thy merciful kindness be my comfort according to thy Word unto thy Servant even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord Almightie O God of Israel the Soul that is in trouble and the Spirit that is vexed crieth unto thee Hear O Lord and have mercie for thou art merciful and have pitie upon me because I have sinned before thee For thou endurest for ever but unless thou have mercie I utterly perish Have mercie therefore even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord remember thy promise that the poor shall not always be forgotten nor the patient abiding of the meek perish for ever Amen Lord I will be glad and rejoyce in thy mercie for thou hast considered my trouble and hast known my Soul in Adversities Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord for I am in trouble and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness yea my soul and my bodie My strength faileth me because of mine iniquities and my bones are consumed I am even become like a broken Vessel For I have heard the blasphemie of the multitude and fear is on every side But my hope hath been and is in thee O Lord thou art my God save and deliver me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Why art thou so full of heaviness O my soul and why art thou so disquieted within me O put thy trust in God that I may yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance O my God my soul is vexed within me therefore will I remember thee Amen
sake O Lord be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen O Lord Almightie I acknowledge and confess I am not worthie to lift up mine eyes to Heaven much less to present my self before thee with any confidence that thou shouldest hear my Prayers and grant my Requests if I consider my own deserving For my Conscience accuses me and my sins witness against me and thou art a just and an upright Judge and wilt not justifie any sinner in his transgressions O Lord suffer me not to be swallowed up of death and desperation but in the multitude of thy mercies pardon me O Lord for thy goodness sake For though I am a worm and no man yet thou art my Creator and I am the Work of thy Hands yea thou art my Father and I thy Son Thou my Shepherd and I one of thy stragling Flock Thou my Redeemer and I one of thy People whom thou hast dearly bought Thou my God and I thy Creature O correct me not in thine anger O Lord neither punish me according to my deservings but remember my weakness as well as my sin and have mercie upon me for my dearest Saviour's sake Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie and everlasting God which hatest nothing that thou hast made and forgivest the sins of all them that are penitent create and make in me a new and contrite heart that I may worthily lament my sins and acknowledge my wretchedness and obtain of thee the God of all mercie perfect remission and forgiveness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie and everliving God which art always more readie to hear than we to pray and usest to give more than either we desire or deserve pour down upon me most miserable sinner the abundance of thy mercie forgiving me those things whereof my Conscience is afraid and giving me that which my Prayer dares not presume to ask Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen Grant I beseech thee merciful God to me thy sinful but humble servant pardon and peace that I may be cleansed from all my sins and serve thee with a quiet mind through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I befeech thee free me from all my offences and by thy bountiful goodness deliver me from the bands of all those sins which by my ignorance frailtie or wilfulness I have committed Grant this even for Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God merciful Father that despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desire of such as be sorrowful mercifully assist my Prayers that I make before thee in all my troubles and adversities whensoever they oppress me and graciously hear me that those evils which the craft and subtiltie of the devil or man worketh against me be brought to nought and by the providence of thy goodness so dispersed that I thy poor servant being overcome by no temptation nor hurt by any persecution may evermore give thanks unto thee in thy holy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord of thy great goodness I beseech thee give me true repentance and forgive me all my sins negligences and ignorances and indue me with the grace of thy holy Spirit that I may amend my life according to thy holy Word through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God whose nature and propertie is ever to have mercie and to forgive receive my humble Petitions And though I am tied and bound with the chain of my sins yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercie loose me and that for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * Give ear O Lord I beseech thee to the Prayers of thy humble servant and spare me who confess my sins unto thee and grant me of thy mercie both pardon and peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Almightie God who broughtest waters out of the hard rock bring forth out of my stonie heart the tears of Contrition and give me grace so to bewail my sins that I may obtain forgiveness of them by thy mercie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Maker of all things Judge of all men I acknowledge and bewail my manifold sins and wickedness which I have from time to time most grievously committed by thought word and deed against thy divine Majestie provoking most justly thy wrath and indignation against me I do earnestly repent and am heartily sorrie for these my misdoings the remembrance of them is grievous unto me the burden of them is intolerable Have mercie upon me have mercie upon me most merciful Father For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ his sake forgive me all that is past and grant that I may ever hereafter serve and please thee in newness of life to the honour and glorie of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God and my most merciful Father who of thy tender mercie hast promised forgiveness of sins to all them which with heartie repentance and true faith turn unto thee have mercie upon me pardon and deliver me from all my sins confirm and strengthen me in all goodness and bring me to everlasting life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O most holy Lord most merciful God let it suffice me to have been a sinner hitherto to have despised thee to have indulged the unclean motions of the flesh now at this time by thy inspiration I make a vow to return from mine iniquities Assist me O Lord and grant I may fulfil it in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Confessions * O Lord in many things I have offended and done wickedly and have grieved thy holy Spirit I have provoked to wrath the bowels of thy mercie by thought word and deed by night and by day in publick and in private deliberately and by surprize O if thou shouldest set my sins in the sight of thy countenance O if thou shouldest call me to account for my sins those sins which are unpardonable in themselves those which I have committed against my own knowledge O what shall I do whither shall I flie But O Lord rebuke me not in thy furie nor chasten me in thine anger Have mercie upon me not onely because I am weak but also because I am the work of thy hands I beseech thee enter not into Judgment with thy servant for if thou Lord shalt be extreme to mark what is done amiss O Lord who may abide it whosoever may yet most certainly I shall not For I am a sea of sin and am not worthie so much as to look up to Heaven by reason of the multitude of my sins which cannot be numbered evil speakings injuries c. and besides a thousand other abominable passions there are from which I have not refrain'd my self For with what wickedness am I not defil'd to what sins am I not inslav'd I am altogether become an unprofitable servant to thee my God and to all mankind
Now that I am fallen into such sins as these who shall raise me up again O Lord thou art my God in thee is my trust be thou my Saviour according to the bowels of thy compassion and be merciful to me according to the greatness of thy mercie and reward me not according to my works but turn thy self to me and turn me to thee Forgive me all the sins that I have committed against thee and save me for thy mercies sake and where sin has abounded there let thy Grace abound much more so shall I praise and glorifie thee all the days of my life For thou art the God of those that repent and the Saviour of sinners Glorie be to thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen SUNDAY O Lord by thy mercie I am risen out of my Grave where I might have slept in death but that thou preservedst me Make it I beseech thee a Resurrection to Grace in this life and to Glorie in the life to come through Jesus Christ who merited both for us Amen This day by the Resurrection of thy Son our blessed Saviour was made Holy to us give me that Grace that I may keep it Holy to thee through Jesus Christ. Amen O send out thy Light and thy Truth that they may lead me and bring me unto thy holy Hill and to thy Dwelling that I may go unto the Altar of thee O my God even the God of my joy and gladness and give thanks unto thee Amen Almightie and everlasting God who governest all things both in Heaven and Earth mercifully hear my supplications for my self and all thy People and grant us thy peace all the days of our life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee give me Grace to cast away the works of darknefs and to put on the Armour of Light now in the time of this mortal life in which thy Son Christ Jesus came to visit us in great humilitie that in the last day when he shall come again in his glorious Majestie to judge both the quick and the dead I with all thy faithful servants may rise up to the life immortal through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost now and for ever Amen Blessed God which hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning grant unto me and all Christians that we may in such wise hear read mark learn and inwardly digest them that by patience and comfort thereof we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee raise up thy power and come among us and with great might succour us that whereas by our sins we are sore let and hindered thy bountiful Grace and Mercie through the satisfaction of thy Son our Lord may speedily deliver us To whom with thee and the Holy Ghost be all honour and glorie World without end Amen LOrd let thine Angels tarrie round about me and deliver me that I may taste and see how gracious thou my Lord art and how blessed the man is that trusteth in thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will wait for thy loving kindness O God in the midst of thy Temple and there will I praise thee Amen Lord let me behold thee in thy Sanctuarie and there see thy Power and Glorie For thy loving kindness is better than life therefore my lips shall praise thee Thus will I magnifie thee all my life and lift up my hands in thy Name O satisfie me with that Riches of Mercie which is in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O how amiable are thy Dwellings thou Lord of Hosts My soul hath a desire and a longing to enter into the Courts of thee O Lord my heart and my flesh rejoyceth in thee O merciful God Amen Lord I humbly beseech thee to hear and accept my Prayers for my self and for thy people which call upon thee and grant that we may perfectly know what things we ought to do and also have grace and power faithfully to fulfil the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie and everlasting God mercifully look upon all my infirmities and in all dangers and adversities stretch out thy right hand to help and defend me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen God thou which knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers that for mans frailtie we cannot always stand upright Grant I most humbly beseech thee to me the health of bodie and Soul that all those things which I suffer for sin I may by thy help well pass and overcome through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord the Sun is at height for this day upon me but lift up the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Make all darkness and spiritual shadows short upon me and shorter in me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Who can tell how oft he offendeth O cleanse thou me from my secret sins keep me also O Lord from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me And keep me innocent from the great offence I humbly beseech thee Amen Blessed are they that dwell in thy House they will be alway praising thee Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee in whose heart are thy ways Lord thus bless the heart of thy servant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Most holy adorable and long-suffering Trinitie for thou art indeed long-suffering who bearest so long with those that divide thee O holy Trinitie who hast long since vouchsafed me the honour to be thy Worshipper and Proclaimer unfeigned O holy Trinitie whom every man must one day acknowledge either by illumination or by punishment I pray thee make and accept even those also to be thy Adorers who now blaspheme thee that not one even of the least of these may perish And this though on condition that I lose some part of thy favour for I dare not say what the Apostle does Grant this by and for the merits of Jesus Christ our Redeemer Amen ALmightie God who through thine onely begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome Death and opened to us the gate of Everlasting Life I humbly beseech thee that as by thy special Grace preventing me thou dost put into my mind good desires so by thy continual help I may bring the same to good effect through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ALmightie God who hast given thine onely Son to die for our Sins and to rise again for our Justification give me Grace so to put away the leven of Malice and all Wickedness that I may always serve thee in pureness of living and in truth through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God who hast given thine onely Son to be unto us both a Sacrifice for sin and an Example of
Amen Lord give me grace that I may dwell under the defence of the most highest and that I may abide under thy shadow O thou Almightie for thou art my hope and my strong hold in thee will I trust through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou which declarest thy Almightie power most chiefly by shewing mercie and pitie give unto me abundantly thy grace that I running to thy promises may be made partaker of thy heavenly treasure through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God thou art my hope and strength a very present help in trouble confirm me that I may not fear though the earth be moved and the hills carried into the midst of the sea though the waters thereof rage and swell and the mountains shake at the tempest of the same O be in the midst of my soul and I shall never be moved Amen O Lord look upon me and be merciful unto me as thou usest to do to those that fear thy Name Order my steps in thy Word and so shall no wickedness have dominion over me Amen Almightie God give unto me I beseech thee a full increase of Faith Hope and charitie And that I may obtain that which thou dost promise make me love that which thou dost command through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd I call upon thee in the day of my trouble in the night of my heaviness O deliver me and I will glorifie thee Amen O Lord correct me but with judgment not in thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing And grant that thy correction may amend me and make me thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Look on me also O Lord Jesus that I may call to mind my own sins and wash away my offences with tears grant me I beseech thee the tears of St. Peter I would not have the joy of a sinner That I may obtain this turn thee O Lord and look upon me and grant the same Cock may waken even me a most miserable sinner that being delivered I may sing unto thee for ever and ever Amen O eternal God and merciful Father grant I humbly beseech thee that I may love all those things which thou commandest and desire that which thou dost promise that amongst the sundrie and manifold changes of the world my heart may surely there be fixed where true joys are to be found through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen WEDNESDAY O Lord I have sinned and dealt wickedly nay offended in all thine Ordinances Let thy wrath turn from me for I am weak and hear my prayers and deliver me for thine own sake and the merits of my Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Gracious Father without thee I can do nothing but sin nor can I confess it to have pardon but by thee I was conceived and born in sin And though thou didst wash me from that in the laver of Baptism yet I have since defiled my self again and by many grievous actual sins have made my self a sinner above all other men considering the great measure of grace that thou hast given me Lord increase thy grace and by it weaken first and then cut off my resistance that I may see and confess and hate and forsake all my sins and find mercie and salvation in the merits of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord early this morning do I crie unto thee for in thy Word is my trust Hear me O Lord for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord let me hear thy loving kindness betimes in the morning for in thee is my trust O shew me the way that I should walk in this day and all the days of my life for I lift up my soul unto thee in the mercies of Jesus Christ. Amen DEliver me O Lord from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain But Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee and there let it still continue acceptable in Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord look upon me in mercie in the greater mercie because the Calling and Place I am in must give a stricter account to thee Look therefore upon me O Lord but not till thou hast nailed my sins to the Cross of Christ not till thou hast bathed me in the Bloud of Christ not till I have hid my self in the Wounds of Christ that so the punishment which should else overtake me may pass over me then look and say unto my soul I have forgiven thee and by the work of thy mercie in my soul make me feel it through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen * O Lord who bringest the great Flocks to perfection and increasest the little ones by thy Grace comfort me abundantly according to the exceeding greatness of thy bountie and feed and preserve my Flock together with my self through Jesus Christ the chief Shepherd and our onely Saviour Amen O Lord plead thou my cause with them that strive with me and fight against them that fight against me Bring forth the spear and stop the way against them that persecute me Say unto my soul I am thy Salvation Even so Amen Give ear O Lord unto my Prayer and ponder the voice of my humble desires In the time of my trouble I will call upon thee for thou hearest me Amen Deliver my soul O God from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue Amen Keep me O Lord thy poor humble servant with thy perpetual mercie And because the frailtie of man without thee cannot but fall preserve me ever by thy help and lead me to all things profitable to my salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord give me such Grace as I may seek thee while thou mayest be found and call upon thee while thou art near that I may detest and forsake the wickedness of my ways and the unrighteousness of my own imaginations that I may return unto thee and thou have mercie upon me in Jesus Christ my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen Teach me thy ways O Lord and I will walk in thy truth O knit my heart unto thee that I may fear thy Name Amen Lord I beseech thee grant that thy Grace may alway prevent and follow me and make me continually to be given to all good works through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen HAve mercie upon me O God after thy great goodness and according to the multitude of thy Mercies do away mine offences Wash me throughly from my wickedness and cleanse me from my sin for I acknowledge my faults and my sin is ever before me But let not this Evening take from me the light of the Sun of Righteousness Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen * Vouchsafe O Lord to hear my Prayers According to thy good pleasure drive out the Enemie
me that I may learn from thee what I ought to teach others concerning thee Amen Deliver me O Lord from the man that is evil and preserve me from the cruel man which imagines mischief in his heart and stirs up strife all the day long The proud have laid a snare for me and spread their net abroad with cords and set traps in my way Lord keep me from treacherous hands and preserve me that though they purpose yet they may not be able to overthrow my goings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O God from whom all holy desires all good counsels and all just works do proceed give unto me and all thy servants that Peace which the world cannot give that both our hearts may be set to obey thy Commandments and also that by thee we being defended from the fear of our enemies may pass our time in rest and quietness through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen HAve mercie upon me O God have mercie upon me for my soul trusteth in thee and in the shadow of thy wings will I trust till these and all other my afflictions be over-past O send out thy mercie and truth upon me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O merciful Lord who comest not in to the proud heart humble thou my soul. O thou who art seen by those onely that are pure in heart give me true puritie of heart O Lord I am athirst for thee give me the pledge of the Inheritance which is to come give me at least a drop of thy heavenly showers to refresh my thirst for I burn with Love Neither do I beg this for my own merits for I am most unworthie so much as to tast it but for thy mercies and the merits of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie God vouchsafe I beseech thee to direct sanctifie and govern both my heart and bodie in the waies of thy Laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy mightie protection both here and ever I may be preserved by night and by day in bodie and in soul through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen O Lord I crie unto thee hearken unto me O God Thou holdest my eyes waking I am so feeble that I cannot speak And in the night season my soul refuseth comfort yet even then give me grace especially that I may commune with mine own heart and search out my spirits and compose them in thee that I may rise to serve thee Amen Grant O Lord to me that am lying down to sleep rest both of bodie and soul. Preserve me from the dismal sleep of sin from all the black defiling pleasures of the night Quench the fierie Darts of the evil one which he aims craftily against me Subdue the Rebellions of my flesh and lay asleep in me all earthly and worldly thoughts through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to look upon my infirmities and for the glorie of thy Names sake turn from me and the rest of thy servants all those evils which we most justly have deserved And grant that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercie and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living to thy honour and glorie through our onely Mediator and Advocate Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen FRIDAY * O Great God Almightie God God of infinite goodness whom we ought to believe and apprehend to be inviolable and incorruptible O thou Trinitie in Unitie whom the Catholick Church adores I that have experienc'd thy mercie in my self do most humbly entreat thee that thou wouldest not suffer those men to differ from me in thy Worship with whom I have perfectly agreed in all conversation from my Childhood and suffer thou not either me or them to wander from thy truth and salvation which is in Christ Jesus Amen Lord I will call upon thee and early shall my prayer come before thee Lord do not abhor my soul neither hide thy face from me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord make me to have a perpetual fear and love of thy holy Name for thou never failest to help and govern them whom thou dost bring up in thy stedfast love Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie and everlasting God which of thy tender love towards man hast sent our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the Cross that all mankind should follow the example of his great humilitie mercifully grant that I may both follow the example of his patience and be made partaker of his resurrection through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee graciously to behold thy Familie for the which our Lord Jesus Christ was content to be betrayed and given up into the hands of wicked men and to suffer death upon the Cross who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost one God world without end Amen Almightie and everlasting God by whose Spirit the whole bodie of the Church is governed and sanctified receive these my supplications and prayers which I offer up before thee for all estates of men in thy holy Church that every member of the same in his vocation may truly and devoutly serve thee through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen * 'T Is now long O Lord that I have been striving against Heresies and I am almost tired Come my Lord Jesus thou most mightie Warrier thou Captain of the Armies of the Lord who hast overcome the Devil and the World lay hold on the shield and buckler and stand up to help me Amen Deal with me O God according to thy Name for sweet is thy mercie O deliver me for I am helpless and poor and my heart is wounded within me Lord save my soul. Amen Mine eyes are ever looking unto thee O Lord O pluck my feet out of the net Amen Almightie God who hast promised to hear the Petitions of them that ask in thy Son's Name I beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to me now that in his Name I make my prayers and supplications unto thee and grant that those things which I have faithfully asked according to thy will may effectually be obtained to the relief of my necessitie and to the setting forth of thy glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Remember not my old sins but have mercie upon me and that soon for I am come to great miserie Help me O God of my salvat io n deliver me and be merciful unto my sins for thy Names sake Amen Not unto us O Lord not unto us but unto thy Name give the praise and that for thy loving mercie and for thy truths sake Amen * O thou Father Son and Holy Ghost one God who hast declared unto us
Anointed of the Spirit That he was conceived and born to cleanse us from the filthiness of our Conception and Birth That he suffered what we ought to have suffered most unspeakable torments that we might escape them That he was crucified dead and buried that we may not be afraid to undergo the same things for his sake That he descended to that dismal place whither we must have gone that he might wholly excuse us from it That he rose again ascended and sitteth in that place where we had no portion that even we also might inherit it That he shall come to judge the World that he may take us up into his glorie I believe that he is come By his Conception and Birth the Purifier of our Nature By his Suffering on the Cross Death and Burial the Redeemer of our Bodies By his Descent a triumphant Conqueror over Hell and Death By his Resurrection the first Fruits of them that sleep By his Ascension our Forerunner gone to prepare a place for us By his Session at the right hand of God the Intercessor or our Advocate By his second coming to Judgment the Finisher of our Faith Thus Instead of the I behold Destroyer Jesus a Saviour Tormenter A Mediator Accuser An Advocate Slanderer An Intercessor Enslaver A Redeemer Sting of the Serpent Christ the Anointed But I believe also the Quickning and Sanctifying Power of the Holy Ghost A Power that works Inwardly and invisibly openly and outwardly effectually as the Wind that bloweth where it listeth By Reproof by Compunction of the heart by Doctrine by Admonition as an Advocate as the Comforter as a Witness by Diffusion of Charitie by Illumination of Knowledge I believe also The mystical Bodie of this Holy Spirit consisting of those that are called out of the whole world unto belief of the Truth and Holiness of life The mutual fellowship of the members of that Bodie The remission of sins in this present time and the hope of a future Resurrection and of our translation to the life eternal * O Lord give me Faith not such Faith as would make the Law of none effect But such Faith as Works by Love Is powerful in working Overcomes the World And besides a most holy Faith That I may love thee as a Father and fear thee as the Almightie That I may commit my soul unto thee in well-doing as unto a faithful Creator That Christ may be formed in me and that I may be conformed unto his Image That I may give him thanks for those things which he has suffered for me that I may suffer together with him that I may suffer for him whatsoever he shall see good That for his Cross Death and Burial I may revenge crucifie kill burie my sins which caused all these That for his descent into Hell I may descend thither whilst I live here by frequent meditations upon it That I may be made conformable to his Resurrection by my rising again to newness of life And to his Ascension by meditating upon and seeking after those things that are above That I may be also mindful of his Session at Gods right hand whensoever I want any gift of heavenly consolation and as often as I am cold in my Devotions And that I may never forget his second coming at the day of Judgment O that I may alwaies think I hear the noise of the last Trumpet sounding and that I may pray without ceasing till I am placed at the right hand Amen Preparatory Meditations for Death O Lord quicken and comfort my soul for I have sinned against thee Lord I call to mind all the years of my life past in the bitterness of my soul for my sin My misdeeds have prevailed against me O be thou merciful unto my sin O for thy Names sake be merciful unto my sin for it is great Amen Namely and especially O Lord be merciful unto me c. Herein O Lord be merciful unto thy servant O Lord lay not these nor the rest unto my charge O let the depth of my sin call up the depth of thy mercies of thy grace Lord let it come that where my sin hath abounded grace may superabound Lord I believe help thou my unbelief O Lord though thou kill me yet will I put my trust in thee Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet will I fear no evil For I hope verily to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living O let this Cup pass from me nevertheless if it may not pass from me but that I must drink of it thy will be done Thou art the Lord do what seemeth good in thine own eyes For I will take it as the Cup of Salvation and give thanks to thy Name O Lord. O Lord grant that all the daies of my appointed time upon earth I may wait when my changing shall come O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave and keep me secret until thy wrath be past and appoint me a time in which thou wilt remember me Say unto my soul O say it now I am thy Salvation Command my spirit whenever thou wilt command it to be received up to thee in peace O bid me come unto thee say unto me This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Lord thus and now let thy servant depart in peace that mine eyes may see thy Salvation O Lord thou blessed Trinitie three Persons and one God have mercie upon me I commend my self into thy hands as to a faithful Creator Lord receive thine own Creature not made by any strange God but by thee the onely living and true God Despise not O Lord the work of thine own hands I am created to thine own Image and likeness O suffer not thine own Image to be defaced but renew it again in righteousness and true holiness I commend my self into thy hands as to a most gracious Redeemer for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord I am the price of thy Bloud of thy most precious Bloud O suffer not so great so unvaluable a price to perish O Lord thou camest down from Heaven to redeem that which was lost suffer not that to be lost which thou hast redeemed I commend my self into thy hands as to my most blessed Comforter O Lord I am wearie and heavie laden and I come to thee to be refreshed by thee Behold O Lord I have been the Temple of thy holy Spirit I have I confess strangely polluted it yet destroy me not but dedicate me anew and sanctifie me to thy self yet once again O Lord I wear thy Name 't is thy Name that is called upon me For thy Names sake therefore be merciful unto me O spare Lord if not me yet thine own Name in me And do not so remember my sin O Lord do not as that in remembring it thou forget thine own Name I have desired to fear thy Name to love and to honour thy Name
Earth in their season Our sins have deserved all this and more and we neither do nor can denie it We have now hither to go but to Mercie We have no way to that but by the All-sufficient merit of thy Son our blessed Saviour Lord for his merit and mercies sake look down upon us thy distressed servants command thine Angel to stay his hand and remember that in death we cannot praise thee nor give thanks in the Pit Go forth with our Armies when they go and make us remember that all our strength and deliverance is in thee Clear up the Heavens over us and take not from us the great plentie with which thou hast crowned the Earth but remember us O thou that feedest the Ravens when they call upon thee Lord we need all thy mercies to come upon us and thy mercies are altogether in Christ in whom and for whose sake we beg them of thee who livest and reignest in the unitie of the Spirit one God world without end Amen O eternal God and most merciful Father we humbly beseech thee be merciful unto us and be near to help us in all those extremities which our sins threaten to bring upon us Our Enemies are strengthened against us by our multiplied Rebellions against thee And we deserve to suffer whatever our Enemies threaten But there is mercie with thee that thou mayest be feared O Lord shew us this mercie and give us grace so to fear thee as that we may never be brought to fear or feel them And whensoever thou wilt correct us for our sins let us fall into thy hands and not into the hands of men Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and most gracious Father we have deserved whatsoever thy Law hath threatned against sinners Our contempt of thy Divine Worship is great and we hear thy Word but obey it not Forgive us O Lord forgive us these and all other our grievous sins Give us light in our Understanding readiness and obedience in our Will discretion in our Words and Actions true serious and loyal endeavours for the peace and speritie of Jerusalem the unitie and glorie of this Church and State that so we may love it and prosper in it and be full of grace in this life and filled with glorie in the life to come through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most merciful God we give thee praise and thanks for the wonderful ceasing of the late raging Pestilence in the chief Citie of this Kingdom and other places Lord shew us yet farther mercie and look upon all parts of this Land with tender compassion Keep back the destroying Angel that he enter not into places that are yet free nor make farther waste in those which are alreadie visited Comfort them that are sick preserve them that are sound receive them that die to mercie that living and dying they and we may continue thy faithful servants through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we have felt thy manifold mercies no Nation more and we have committed sins against thee few Nations greater Enter not into judgment with us O Lord but for Christ and his mercie sake pacifie thine anger and save us from the malice and crueltie of our Enemies They are our crying sins that have called them upon us Let it be an addition to thy wonted mercie to restrain their furie To this end Lord put thy bridle into their mouths and thy bit between their teeth Frustrate their designes and let them find no way in our Seas nor any path in our Flouds but scatter them with thy tempest and follow them with all thy storms that we being delivered by thy hand may bless and honour thy Name devoutly serving thee all our days through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou gracious Governour of all the Kingdoms of the Earth Look down we beseech thee in mercie upon this Realm and upon all other Reformed Churches Save and deliver us and them from the hands of all such as threaten our destruction Protect the person of our gracious Soveraign direct his Counsels go forth with his Armies be unto him and to us a wall of brass and a strong tower of defence against his and our Enemies that so we being safe through thy mercie may live to serve thee in thy Church and ever give thee praise and glorie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O eternal God and merciful Father all peace strength of Kingdoms is from thee and lineal Succession is thy great blessing both upon Princes and States the great means to preserve unitie and confirm strength We therefore give thee humble and heartie thanks as for all thy blessings so especially at this time for thy great mercie and loving kindness to our dread Soveraign his Royal Queen and this whole State in giving her Majestie hope of her long-desired Issue thereby filling their and our hearts with gladness Lord go along with thine own blessings to perfect them Be with her in soul and in bodie preserve her from all dangers Keep her safe to and in the hour of Travel that there may be strength to bring forth her Joy and our Hope And make her a joyful Mother of many Children to the glorie of thy great Name the happiness of his Majestie the securitie of this State and the flourishing of the Church and true Religion amongst us Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O eternal God and merciful Father since lineal Succession is under thee the great securitie of Kingdoms and the very life of Peace we therefore give thee most humble and heartie thanks for the great blessing which thou hast again begun to work for our gracious King CHARLES and this whole State in giving the Queens Majestie further hopes of a desired and happie Issue And as we give thee humble and heartie thanks for this so we pray thee to perfect this great blessing thus begun to preserve her from all dangers and to be with her by special assistance in the hour of Travel Lord make her a happie Mother of successful Children to the increase of thy glorie the comfort of his Majestie the joy of her own heart the safetie of the State and the preservation of the Church and true Religion among us Grant this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father thou hast given us the joy of our hearts the contentment of our souls for this life in blessing our dear and dread Soveraign and his vertuous Royal Queen with a hopeful Son and us with a Prince in thy just time and his to rule over us We give thy glorious Name most humble and heartie thanks for this Lord make us so thankful so obedient to thee for this great mercie that thy goodness may delight to increase it
where any thing is amiss reform it where it is right strengthen and confirm it where it is in want furnish it where it is divided and rent asunder make up the breaches of it O thou holy One of Israel Amen O merciful God since thou hast ordered me to live in these times in which the rents of thy Church are grievous I humbly beseech thee to guide me that the divisions of men may not separate me either from thee or it that I may ever labour the preservation of Truth and Peace that where for and by our sins the Peace of it succeeds not thou wilt yet accept my will for the deed that I may still pray even while thou grantest not because I know thou wilt grant it when thou seest it fit In the mean time bless I beseech thee this Church in which I live that in it I may honour and serve thee all the days of my life and after this be glorified by thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord thou hast brought a Vine out of Egypt and planted it thou madest room for it and when it had taken root it filled the land O why hast thou broken down her hedge that all which go by pluck off her Grapes the wild Boar out of the Wood rooteth it up and the wild Beasts of the Field devour it O turn thee again thou God of Hosts look down from Heaven behold and visit this Vine and the place of the Vineyard that thy right hand hath planted and the Branch that thou madest so strong for thy self Lord hear me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord except thou buildest the House their labour is but lost that build it and except thou O Lord keep the Citie the Watchman waketh but in vain It is but lost labour to rise early and take late rest and to eat the bread of carefulness if thou bless not the endeavours that seek the peace and the welfare of thy Church Therefore O Lord build thy Church and keep it and take care for it that there may be no lost labour among the Builders of it Amen O Lord our God the great the mighty and the terrible God O thou which keepest covenant and mercie let not all the trouble seem little before thee that hath come upon us upon our Priests upon the Houses built and dedicated to thy Name upon the Maintenance for them that serve at thy Altar upon our Kings State and People since that day of Affliction Thou are just in all that is brought upon us For thou hast done right but we have done wickedly Yet O Lord have mercie and turn to us again for Jesus and his mercies sake Amen For the Commonweal O Lord thou which bringest the counsels of the Heathen to nought and makest the devices of the People to be of none effect and castest out the counsels of Princes when they have offended thee have mercie upon this Kingdom forgive the sins of this People turn thee unto them and bless them that the World may say Blessed are the People whose God is the Lord Jehovah and blessed are the Folk that he hath chosen to him to be his Inheritance Lord hear and grant for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord bless this Kingdom that Religion and Virtue may season all sorts of men that there may be Peace within the Gates and Plentie within the Palaces of it In Peace I beseech thee to preserve it that it corrupt not In War so defend it that it suffer not In Plentie so order it that it riot not In Want so pacifie and moderate it that it may patiently and peaceably seek thee the onely full supply both of Men and States that so it may continue a Place and a People to do thee service to the end of time through Jesus Christ our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord according to all thy Righteousness I beseech thee let thine anger be turned away from this Citie and thy People and cause thy face to shine upon whatsoever is desolate therein for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For the Kingdom of England O Almightie Lord God bless this Kingdom and grant that Health Chastitie Victorie and all Virtue may abound therein with Thanksgiving to God the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost And may this Blessing remain upon this Kingdom and upon all the Inhabitants thereof through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For House and Family * O Lord I beseech thee visit this Habitation and keep away from it all the snares of our ghostly Enemie Let thy holy Angels dwell in it and let them preserve us in peace and health and let thy Blessing be upon us for ever through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For government of the Tongue LEt the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be always acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen Lord keep my tongue from evil and my lips that they speak no guile that so I may eschew evil and do good seek peace and ensue it Amen O Lord give me the mouth of the righteous that it may be exercised in wisdom and that my tongue may be talking of judgment Amen Lord I have said in thy grace I will take heed unto my ways that I offend not in my tongue Give me O give me that grace that I may take this heed that I may keep my mouth as it were with a bridle especially when the ungodly is in my sight be it never so much pain or grief unto me Hear me and grant even for Christ Jesus sake Amen Let the freewil-offerings of my mouth please thee O Lord and teach me thy Judgments Amen O Lord set a watch before my mouth and keep the door of my lips and let not my heart be inclined to any thing that is evil Amen O Lord set a watch before my mouth and a seal of Wisdom upon my lips that I fall not suddenly by them and that my tongue destroy me not Amen Against Temptations O Lord as thou art faithful so suffer me not I beseech thee to be tempted above that I am able but give an Issue with the Temptation that I may be able to bear it Amen * O Almighty God have respect unto my Prayers and deliver my heart from the temptations of ill thoughts that by thy mercie I may become a fit habitation for thy holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O God who makest all things work together for good to those that love Thee inflame my heart with such an inviolable sense of thy love as may never be shaken by the force of any Temptation through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O most merciful God grant me constancie in thy Faith and firmness in thy Love that I may retain both entirely and may never be turned from them by any Temptations through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For a
Up Lord why sleepest thou Awake and be not absent from us for ever Wherefore hidest thou thy face and forgettest our miserie and trouble For our soul is brought low even unto the dust our bellie cleaves unto the ground Arise O Lord and help us and deliver us for thy mercies sake Amen In thee O Lord have I put my trust let me never be put to confusion deliver me in thy righteousness Bow down thine ear to me make haste to deliver me Be thou my strong rock and house of defence that thou mayest save me Be also my guide and lead me for thy Names sake Amen O God the enemie crieth so and the ungodly cometh on so fast that they threaten to overbear me they are minded to do me some mischief so maliciously are they set against me My heart is disquieted within me and the fear of death is fallen upon me Fearfulness and trembling and an horrible dread hath overwhelmed me And I said O that I had wings like a Dove that I might flie away and be at rest that I might make haste to escape the stormie wind and tempest But be thou my helper and I will magnifie thee O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O be thou my help in trouble for vain is the help of man Amen Gracious Father the life of man is a warfare upon earth and the dangers which assault us are diversly pointed against us I humbly beseech thee be present with me in all the course and passages of my life but especially in the services of my Calling Suffer no malice to be able to hurt me no cunning to circumvent me no violence to oppress me no falshood to betray me That which I cannot foresee I beseech thee prevent That which I cannot withstand I beseech thee master That which I do not fear I beseech thee unmask and frustrate that being delivered from all danger both of soul and bodie I may praise thee the deliverer and see how happie a thing it is to make the Lord of Hosts my helper in the day of fear and trouble Especially O Lord bless and preserve me at this time from c. that I may glorifie thee for this deliverance also and be safe in the merits and the mercies of Jesus Christ my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O Lord thou hast fed me with the bread of affliction and given me plentie of tears to drink I am become a very strife to my neighbours and mine enemies laugh me to scorn But turn thee again thou God of Hosts shew me the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen Help me O Lord my God O save me according to thy mercie and then the World shall know that this is thy hand and that thou Lord hast done it Amen Lord Jesus Amen If my delight had not been in thy Law I should have perished in my trouble O continue my delight Amen In Misery and Adversity LOrd turn thee unto me and have mercie upon me for I am desolate and in miserie The sorrows of my heart are inlarged O bring thou me out of my troubles Look upon mine adversitie and miserie and forgive me all my sins through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Hear my crying O God give ear unto my Prayer From the ends of the earth whither soever thou shalt cast me I will call upon thee when my heart is in heaviness O set me upon the Rock that is higher than I to be my hope and a strong tower against my oppressors Amen Save me O God for the waters are entred into my Soul I stick fast in the deep mire where no stay is I am come into deep waters and the streams run over me They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head and they which would destroy me causeless are mightie O let not these water-floods drown me neither let the deep swallow me up and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me Hear me O Lord for thy loving kindness is great turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies Hide not thy face from thy servant for I am in trouble but draw near unto my soul and redeem it for Jesus Christ his sake Amen My soul melteth away for very heaviness comfort thou me according to thy Word Amen O Lord trouble and heaviness have taken hold upon me patience good Lord that for all this my delight may be in thy Commandments Amen Against Reproach O Lord my sins have made me a rebuke to my neighbours and to be laughed to scorn of them that are round about me O suffer me not longer to be a by-word among the people My confusion is daily before me and the shame of my face hath covered me The voice of the slanderer and blasphemer hath overtaken me And though all this be come upon me suffer me not O Lord to forget thee or to behave my self frowardly in thy Covenant through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Destroy their tongues O Lord and divide them for I have seen crueltie and strife in the Citie But I will call upon thee O Lord and thou wilt save me Amen O Lord send down from heaven and save me from the reproof of them that would swallow me Send out thy mercie and truth for my soul is among Lions I lie among the children of men that are set on fire whose teeth are spears and arrows and their tongue a sharp sword O deliver me and I shall magnifie thy Name for ever Amen I am become a Monster to many but thou art my sure trust O be my Anchor for ever Amen O remember Lord the rebuke that thy servant hath and how I do bear in my bosom the rebukes of many people O remember me Amen Against Fraud and Deceit O Lord watch over thy servants for my familiar friends whom I trusted have laid wait for me Be thou merciful unto me O Lord and deliver me from them that even in this I may know thou favourest me that mine Enemies are not able to triumph against me Amen Exalt thy self O God above the heavens and thy glorie upon all the earth For men have laid a net for my steps they have pressed down my soul they have digged a pit before me Lord I desire not that they should fall into the midst of it themselves but I beseech thee keep me out and deliver me for thy mercie sake Amen Mine enemies lay wait for my soul and take counsel together They pursue me out of an opinion that thou O God hast forsaken me But go not far from me O God my God haste to help me Amen O Lord the proud have digged pits for me they persecute me falsly O be thou my help They had almost made an end of me upon earth yet suffer me not I beseech thee to depart from thy Commandments for Jesus Christ
his sake Amen Lord keep me from the snare which malicious men have laid for me and from the traps of wicked doers If they will not repent let them sall into their own nets together but let me ever escape them Amen O Lord I pour out my complaints before thee Consider them for I am brought very low O deliver me from my persecutors for they are too strong for me Amen In time of Fear LOrd make me remember that the fear of thee is clean and that thy Judgments are true and righteous altogether Amen O Lord give me that grace that I may so carrie my self and that courage that I may so bear up my self as that I may fear none but thee nothing but that wherein I offend thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In Poverty O Lord when thou makest inquisition for blood remember and forget not the complaint of the Poor Arise O Lord God and lift up thy hand forget not the Poor Take his cause into thy hand for he commits himself unto thee and thou art the helper of the friendless O be so still even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O praise the Lord ye that fear him and magnifie him all ye of the seed of Jacob For he hath not despised nor abhorred the low estate of the Poor he hath not hid his face from him but when he called unto him he heard him O bow down thine ear and hear him still O thou holy One of Israel Amen I am poor and needy O God make haste unto me Thou art my helper and my deliverer O Lord make no long tarrying Amen In Imprisonment O Lord have mercie up-me and bring my soul out of Prison that I may give thanks unto thy Name even in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord blessed is the man that hath thee for his help and whose hope is in thee O Lord help me and all them to right that suffer wrong Thou art the Lord which loosest men out of Prison which helpest them that are fallen O Lord help and deliver me when and as it shall seem best to thee even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thine indignation lies hard upon me and though thou hast not for thy mercie is great vexed me with all thy storms yet thou hast put my acquaintance far from me and I am so fast in Prison that I cannot get forth Lord I call daily upon thee hear and have mercie for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou which bringest the Prisoners out of captivitie while thou lettest the Runagates continue in scarceness Have mercie upon me and deliver me out of the Prison and affliction in which I now am and give me grace that being free I may faithfully and freely serve thee all the days of my life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Against Banishment LOrd send me not to the waters of Babylon that I may have no cause to weep when I remember Sion that no mans crueltie may lead me away captive nor no mans scorn call upon me to sing in my heaviness But that in my Countrie where I learned to serve thee I may live to honour thee all the days of my life even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Against the Violent O Lord the ungodly laid wait for me to destroy me yet make me the more thankful and the more careful to consider thy testimonies Amen O Lord they draw nigh that of malice persecute me therefore be thou nigh at hand to help me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Many O Lord they are that trouble me and persecute me yet do I not swerve from thy Testimonies Yes Lord I do daily swerve from them Quicken me as thou art wont Amen O take from me shame and rebuke and I will keep thy Testimonies O take away the rebuke that I am afraid of for thy Judgments are good O Lord do this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For strength in Martyrdom LOrd make me remember the bones of thy Saints how they lie scattered before the pit even as when one heweth wood upon the earth O Lord mine eyes look unto thee in thee is my trust O cast not out my soul. And if my bones also must be broken O Lord I beseech thee give me courage and abundance of patience that no torment may make my faith fall away from thee for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In time of Dearth BE merciful O Lord and remember us that we be not confounded in these perilous times and that in these days of dearth we may have enough and a free heart and hand to bestow it upon thy poor ones even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord our sins have prevailed against us yet be thou merciful unto our transgressions O visit the Earth and prepare Corn for the Inhabitants thereof Crown the year with thy goodness and let no cloud drop other than fatness that the very Hills may rejoyce on every side that the Pastures may be covered with sheep and the Vallies with corn that thy People may rejoyce and sing unto thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God heavenly Father who by thy Son Jesus Christ hast promised to all them that seek thy Kingdom and the righteousness thereof all things necessarie for their bodily sustenance Behold we beseech thee the afflictions of thy People and grant that the scarcitie and dearth which we do now most justly suffer for our sins may through thy goodness be mercifully turned into cheapness and plentie for the love of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be mercifully pleased to give and preserve to our use the kindly fruits of the Earth so that in due time we may enjoy them and praise thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of War O My God though mightie Nations gather together on heaps yet let them be broken in pieces though they take counsel together bring it to nought For though they pronounce a decree yet it shall not stand if thou O God be with us Be with us therefore O God for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Blessed be thou O Saviour of Israel which didst destroy the assault of the mightie man by the hand of thy servant David and gavest the Host of strangers into the hand of Jonathan shut up this Armie in the hand of Israel and let them be confounded with their power and with their horse-men Make them afraid and consume their boldness and strength that they may be astonished at their own destruction Cast them down by the sword of them that love thee that we which love thy Name may praise thee and sing unto thee Grant this for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord of Hosts give us strength that we may follow on upon our enemies and overtake them and not return till we have destroyed them O gird us
with strength unto the Battel that we may smite them that they may not be able to stand but fall under our feet And when thou hast thus blessed us make us fall down at thy feet and ever worship thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O make the Wars to cease in all the World break the Bow and knap the Spear in sunder and burn the Chariot in the fire that men may be still and know that thou art God that thou wilt be exalted among the Heathen and in the Earth Amen Lord be not far off put us not to confusion but go out with our Armies and prosper them that we may not turn our backs upon our Enemies while they that hate us spoil our persons our honour and our goods O sell not us thy poor People for nought make us not a rebuke to our insolent neighbours nor a scorn to them that are round about us Our confusion by reason of our sins is daily before us and the shame of our face hath covered us But Lord we humbly beseech thee forgive us our sins and deliver us for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Hast thou forsaken us O God and wilt not thou O God go forth with our Hosts O help us against the Enemie for vain is the help of man O Lord help us Amen O Almightie God King of Kings and Governour of all things whose power no creature is able to resist to whom it belongeth justly to punish sinners and to be merciful to them that truly repent save and deliver us we humbly beseech thee from the hands of our Enemies abate their pride asswage their malice and confound their devices that we being armed with thy defence may be preserved evermore from all perils to glorifie thee who are the onely giver of all victorie through the merits of thy onely Son our Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen Almightie God who art a strong tower of defence unto thy servants against the face of their Enemies we give thee praise and thanks for our deliverance from those great and apparent dangers wherewith we were compassed We acknowledge it thy great goodness that we were not delivered over as a prey unto them And we humbly beseech thee to continue such thy mercies towards us that all the World may know that thou art our Saviour and mightie Deliverer through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord bless the King all his Commanders under him and all his Souldiers Cover all their heads his especially in the day of Battel Teach all their hands to war and their fingers to fight And bless all the Guides and Conductors of his Armies under him with wisdom and courage and faithfulness watchfulness and diligence and whatsoever else may lead on good success And set a happie end we humbly beseech thee to all these bloudie distractions and restore Peace and preserve Religion in integritie among us even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Against Enemies O Lord consider mine Enemies how many they are and they bear a tyrannous hate against me Lord deliver me from them Amen Almightie God I humbly beseech thee look upon the heartie desires of thy humble servant and stretch out the right hand of thy Majestie to be my defence against all mine Enemies through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Be merciful unto me O God for mine Enemies would swallow me up and many they are which fight against me O thou most highest they gather together and keep themselves close they mark my steps because they lay wait for my soul. But when I was afraid I trusted in thee and when I cry then shall mine Enemies turn back This thou wilt make me know when thou art with me Be with me therefore O Lord and let me see deliverance Amen O Lord let not them that are mine Enemies triumph over me neither let them wink with their eyes that hate me either without a cause or for thy cause Amen O Lord God in thee have I put my trust save me from all them that persecute me and deliver me lest they devour my soul like a Lion and tear it in pieces while there is none to help Lift up thy self O God because of the indignation of mine Enemies arise up for me in the Judgment which thou hast commanded that my help may still be from thee O God who preservest them that are true of heart Amen Have mercie upon me O God consider the trouble which I suffer of them that hate me O thou that liftest me up from the gates of death Amen Hear my voice O God in my Prayer preserve my life from fear of the Enemie hide me from the conspiracie of the wicked and from the rage of the workers of iniquitie They have whet their tongues like a sword and shoot out their arrows even bitter words Lord deliver me from them Amen For Enemies O Lord I beseech thee forgive mine Enemies all their sins against thee and give me that measure of thy grace that for their hatred I may love them for their cursing I may bless them for their injurie I may do them good and for their persecution I may pray for them Lord I pray for them forgive them for they know not what they do Amen * O thou that art the God of Peace and Love grant Peace and Charitie to all that are my Enemies and forgive them all their sins and deliver me by thy power out of all the snares they have laid for me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Penitentials Psal. 6 32 38 51 102 130 143. O Lord turn thee again now at the last and be gracious unto thy servant O satisfie me with thy mercie and that soon so shall I rejoyce and be glad all the days of my life And when thou hast forgiven my sins O comfort me again after the time that thou hast plagued me and for the years wherein I have suffered adversitie O Jesus Christ my Saviour and be merciful Amen O Lord my flesh trembleth for fear of thee and I am afraid of thy Judgments yet stablish me according to thy Word that I may live and let me not be disappointed of my hope even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen I have gone astray like a sheep that is lost O seek thy servant that I may not forget thy Commandments but return to thee Amen O Lord our iniquities testifie against us for our backslidings are many and we have sinned against thee yet O thou hope of Israel thou Saviour thereof in time of trouble shew mercie for thy Names sake and on me especially For why shouldest thou be as a stranger in my soul or as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarrie but for a night O Lord be and dwell in the midst of me for thy Name is called upon me Leave me not O God of my salvation but have mercie for Jesus Christ his sake Amen For thy Names
godly life give me Grace that I may always most thankfully receive that inestimable benefit and also daily endeavour to follow the blessed steps of his most holy life even for the same thy Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen LOrd give me that Grace that I may hold me still by thee and abide patiently upon thee That I may not grieve my self at the man whose way doth prosper nor against him that doth after evil counsels That I may leave off from wrath and let go displeasure lest I fret my self and be moved to do evil Amen * The Lord grant that here in me and for me he may be a consuming fire And O that my heart may be kindled with this fire that it may be an eternal light to me lest my soul burn in it unto everlasting punishment through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord make me like a green Olive-tree in thy House for I trust in thy tender mercie for ever And I will always praise thee for that thou hast done and hope in thy Name for ever Amen O Lord I beseech thee make me remember how much more than other men I have need to call upon thee My charge is great and my strength little O give me Grace to come often before thee and to ask that help which thou art readier to give than I to ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Have mercie upon me O Lord Consider the troubles which I suffer of them that hate me O thou which didst lift me up from the gates of death Amen O Lord increase in me Faith and Devotion replenish my heart with all goodness and by thy great mercie keep me in the same Give me godly zeal in Prayer true humilitie in Prosperitie perfect patience in Adversitie and continual joy in the Holy Ghost even for Jesus Christ his sake my onely Lord and Saviour Amen O God who hast taught the hearts of thy faithful People by sending to them the Light of thy holy Spirit grant me by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things and evermore to rejoyes in his holy comfort through the ments of Christ Jesus our Saviour who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unitie of the same Spirit one God World without end Amen ALmightie and everlasting God who hast given unto thy servants Grace by the confession of true faith to acknowledge theGlorie of the eternal Trinitie and in the power of the Divine Majestie to worship the Unitie I humbly beseech thee bless me also that I may live in the stedfastness of this Faith and through it be evermore defended from all Ghostly and Bodily dangers for thy mercies sake who 〈◊〉 and reignest one God world without end Amen O My God incline thine ear and hear open thine eyes and see O Lord forgive O Lord consider and do it for thine own sake O my God and for my Saviour Jesus Christ his sake Amen Lord let me not be afraid though one be made rich or though the glorie of his house be increased For he shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth neither shall his pomp follow him But ever make me afraid to offend thee Amen Mine eyes long sore for thy Word saying When wilt thou comfort me Lord comfort me for I am become like a bottle in the smoak yet let me not I beseech thee forget thy Law even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord God which seest that I put not my trust in any thing that I do mercifully grant that I may be defended against all Adversitie through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Lord which hast taught us that all our doings without Charitie are nothing worth send thy Holy Ghost and pour into my heart that most excellent gift of Charitie the very bond of Peace and all Vertues without the which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee Grant this for thy onely Son Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord fill me with Grace that I may fulfil all the service which I owe thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God spare I beseech thee who shall raise up Jacob for he is small Spare him therefore O Lord spare thy People spare me Say unto my soul thou hast repented of the evil intended and it shall not be Amen Lord when I am asleep let me not be made afraid but let my sleep be sweet that I may be enabled to serve thee Amen Grant I beseech thee most merciful Father that I who for my evil deeds am worthily punished may by the comfort of thy Grace be mercifully relieved through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen COnsider and hear me O Lord my God Lighten mine eyes that I sleep not in death Amen O Lord thou hast proved and visited my heart in the night-season thou hast tried me O blessed Father purge me that thou mayest find no wickedness in me through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord hear me that seven times a day I may praise thee and be acquainted with that great peace which they have that love thy Law Amen O Lord from whom all good things do come grant unto me thy humble servant that by thy holy inspiration I may think those things that are good and by thy merciful guiding may also perform the same through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen Entrance into the Church LOrd I will come into thy house upon the multitude of thy mercies and in thy fear will I worship towards thy holy Temple O bless me that I may Amen Hear the voice of my humble Petitions O Lord when I crie unto thee in this place when I hold my hands towards the mercies sent of thy holy Temple even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen I will dwell in thy Tabernacle for ever and my trust shall be under the covering of thy wings O Lord hear our desires and give an heritage unto those that pray unto thee and fear thy Name Amen O my God I will go into thy Gates with thanksgiving and into thy Courts with praise I will be thankful unto thee and speak good of thy Name For thou Lord art gracious thy mercie is everlasting and thy truth endureth from Generation to Generation Amen O Lord I love the habitation of thy House and the place where thine Honour dwelleth O shut not up my soul with impenitent sinners but give me plentie of thy Grace even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen In the Holy Sacrament * FOrgive me O Lord whatsoever I have transgrest against thee from the time of my infancie even to this very moment whether against knowledge or through ignorance at home or abroad sleeping or waking in thoughts words or deeds whether occasion'd through the fierie darts of our ghostly Enemie or by the unclean desires of my own
our souls more especially but even from our bodies also through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O God which hast prepared for them that love thee such good things as pass mans understanding pour into my heart such love towards thee that I obeying thee in all things may obtain thy promises which exceed all that I can desire through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen ENcline thine ear unto me O Lord and hearken unto my words Shew thy marvellous loving kindness thou that art the Saviour of them that put their trust in thee Keep me as the apple of thine eye and hide me under the shadow of thy wings even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I cry unto thee let my Prayer be set forth in thy sight as Incense and the lifting up of my hands be an Evening-Sacrifice even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen The Lord is my strength and my shield my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart danceth for joy and in my song will I praise him Amen O Lord of all power and might who art the author and giver of all good things graft in my heart the love of thy Name increase in me true Religion nourish me with all goodness and of thy great mercie keep me in the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me know my end and the number of my days that I may be certified how long I have to live Behold thou hast made my days as it were a span long and my age is even as nothing in respect of thee and verily every man living is altogether vanitie For man walketh in a vain shadow and disquieteth himself in vain he heapeth up riches and cannot tell who shall gather them And now Lord what is my hope truly my hope is even in thee Deliver me from all mine offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord I give and offer up unto thee my self and all that is mine my actions and words my repose and silence onely do thou preserve and guide me and direct my hand mind tongue to things that are honest and acceptable to thee and withdraw me from any thing from which it were better to abstain by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen TUESDAY LOrd preserve me that neither this day nor any day of my life I may walk in the counsel of the ungodly stand in the way of sinners or sit down in the seat of the scornful but that my delight may be in thy Law O Lord and my exercise in it day and night Amen * O Sun of Righteousness Father and Original cause of all things when we are influenc'd from above by thee we receive new life when we are cherisht by thy blessed beams we grow up in Grace when we are inflamed by thy love we are made perfect when we are forsaken of thee we perish O thrice-happie are they upon whom thou arisest with the dew of mercie O Lord Jesus bless me with thy light and scatter the clouds of my ignorance and the thick darkness of my sins that I may not go astray from the way of thy Commandments but follow thee unto Light eternal through thee thy self my onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O Lord thou art my Assurance I humbly beseech thee preserve my foot from taking even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord give me I beseech thee the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful that I who cannot be without thee may by thee be able to live according to thy will through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I lift up my soul to thee my God I have put my trust in thee O let me not be confounded neither let mine enemies triumph over me Shew me thy ways O God and teach me thy paths Lead me forth in thy truth and learn me for thou art the God of my salvation in thee is my hope all the day long Call to remembrance O Lord thy tender mercies and thy loving kindness which hath been ever of old O remember not the sins and offences of my youth or my riper age but according to thy mercie think thou upon me O Lord for thy goodness and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour Amen Almightie God who seest that we have no power of our selves to help our selves keep me I beseech thee both outwardly in my bodie and inwardly in my soul that so I may be defended from all adversitie which may happen to my bodie and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt my soul through Jesus Christ my Lord and onely Saviour Amen HEarken unto my voice O Lord now I cry unto thee have mercie upon me and hear me My heart hath talked of thee Seek ye my face thy face Lord will I seek O hide not thou thy face from me nor cast thy servant away in displeasure Thou hast been my succour leave me not neither forsake me O God of my salvation Amen At evening morning and at noon-day will I pray and that instantly Lord hear my voice O deliver my soul in peace from the practices that are against me Amen Let thy merciful ears O Lord be open to the Prayers of me thy humble servant and that I may obtain my Petitions make me to ask such things as shall please thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen LOrd let me not be confounded for I have called upon thee O how plentiful is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee and that thou hast prepared for them that put their trust in thee even before the sons of men Lord I trust in thee have mercie upon me My tears have been my meat day and night while they daily say unto me Where is now thy God But let them have no cause to say it any more even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen ALmightie God which shewest to all men that are in errour the light of thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of Righteousness grant I beseech thee unto me and all them that are admitted into the Fellowship of Christs Religion that we may eschew those things which are contrarie to our Profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord my Saviour in whose power it is to remit sins I beseech thee say unto me Loose thee from thy chains come out of the bonds of thy sins and when thou sayest it loose those cords of my errours wherewith I am entangled and bound for though I am the most wicked of all men and to be abhorred by reason of my continuance in sins yet when thou commandest I shall be free from them
the Unitie of the Deitie and hast revealed the undivided glorie of the onely ever-blessed Divinitie and demonstrated the perfect eternitie of thy Trinitie grant me I beseech thee Faith and Obedience in this life and Glorie in the life to come by and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Redeemer Amen O Lord God of Hosts how long wilt thou be angrie with thy poor servant that prayeth O turn me again O God shew the light of thy countenance and I shall be whole Amen * Glorie be to thee glorie be to thee O Lord How great is the depth of thy mercie how great the abundance of thy patience Behold how some that have been raised from a mean and obscure degree to honour and renown under pretence of thy Name how they abuse their honour and use it against thee the Donor they are unjust and assume to themselves what they should not dare against thy most holy Mysteries they use their utmost to thrust out men of approv'd integrity that profligat men may with the greatest fecuritie and licentiousness put all things into confusion Arise O Lord and help thy Church and suffer not my soul to come into their counsels through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord I will crie day and night before thee let my prayer enter into thy presence encline thine ear unto my calling for my soul is full of trouble and my life draws nigh unto the pit O let not thine indignation lie too hard upon me neither vex me with all thy storms but remember of what mould thou hast made me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * O Lord let me have no idle contention about words but let me constantly profess the Faith without delays Preserve in me I beseech thee an unblemished reverence to thy Faith and grant me this restimonie of my Conscience whilst I have my being that I may alwaies retain that Profession which I made at the Sacrament of my new Birth when I was baptized in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost That I may acknowledge thee the Father and together with thee may adore thy Son and may merit thy holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord be merciful unto me and I will sing praises unto thy Name yea I will tell of thy loving kindness early in the morning and of thy truth in the night-season O bless me and fulfil all thy works of grace in me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen * Grant me O Lord a watchful mind and sober thoughts a pure heart and pleasant sleep and free from all diabolical phancies And raise me again O Lord at the hour of prayer that I may adhere firmly to thy precepts and keep an entire remembrance of thy Judgements Amen LOrd remember thy promise unto thy servant wherein thou hast caused me to put my trust That thy statutes may be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage and that I may remember thy Name in the night-season Amen * Into thy hands O Lord I commend my soul and bodie for thou hast created and redeemed them O Lord thou God of truth And together with my self I commend unto thee all that is mine for thou Lord hast graciously bestow'd them on me according to thy good pleasure Cause me therefore O Lord both to lie down and sleep in peace for it is thou onely makest me to dwell in safetie through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O Lord and maker of all things O God the Father and Governour of thine O thou disposer of Life and Death O thou preserver and benefactor of Souls O thou that makest all things and changest them by the creating Word which framed them both seasonably and wisely according to the depth of thy Wisdom and Providence govern thou my life in the flesh as long as shall be most expedient for me and thy Church And in thy good time receive me I beseech thee as one prepared not surprized so as I may not flie thee at the last day nor come with an unwilling mind like one forcibly broke off and snatcht away from this world but that I may go readily and chearfully to that most blessed and eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord to whom be glorie for ever and ever Amen * O Lord my God call me that I may come to thee fix me that I may not leave thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen SATURDAY O Lord I will sing of thy power and will praise thy mercie in the morning for thou hast been my defence and my refuge in the day of my trouble Unto thee O my strength will I sing for thou O God art my defence and my merciful God Amen The glorious Majestie of thee O Lord my God be upon me prosper thou the work of my hands upon me O prosper thou my handie-work Amen O Lord open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law I am a stranger upon earth O hide not thy Commandments from me for thy Testimonies are my delight and my counsellors Lord continue that favour to me that so they may ever be Amen O Lord our heavenly Father Almightie and everlasting God who hast safely brought me to the beginning of this day defend me in the same with thy mightie power and grant that this day I fall into no sin nor run into any kind of danger but that all my doings may be ordered by thy governance to do always that which is righteous in thy sight through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O My soul wait thou still upon my God for my hope is in him he is my strength and my salvation he is my defence so that I shall not fall So Amen Lord Jesu Amen O Lord God be merciful unto every one that prepares his whole heart to seek thee O Lord God the God of his Fathers though he be not according to the Purification of the Sancturie Amen O Lord I walk in the midst of trouble I beseech thee refresh me Stretch forth thy hand upon the furie and the cunning of mine Enemies that thy right hand may save me O make good thy loving kindness towards me and despise not I beseech thee the work of thine own hands Amen I deal with the thing that is lawful and right O give me not over unto mine Oppressors Amen O make me thy poor servant still to delight in that which is good that the proud do me no wrong for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Almightie God the Fountain of all Wisdom who knowest our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking I beseech thee to have compassion upon my infirmities and those things which for my unworthiness I dare not and for my blindness I cannot ask vouchsafe to give me for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ
my life from them that go down into the pit Sing praises unto the Lord O my soul and give thanks unto him for a remembrance of his holiness Amen O my soul be joyful in the Lord and rejoyce in his Salvation All my bones shall say Lord who is like unto thee which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him yea the poor and him that is in miserie from him that spoileth him Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord according to thy righteousness and I will praise thy Name O Lord most high O Lord thou art high and terrible a great King over all the Earth thou hast subdued the people under us and the Nations under our feet therefore will I sing praises unto thee O God who art greatly to be exalted Amen Thy Vows are upon me O my God I will render praise unto thee for thou hast delivered my soul from death and my feet from falling that I may yet walk before thee O my God in the light of the living and bless thee Amen * Thanks be to thee O God thanks be to thee O true and undivided Trinitie O Veritie one and three O Unitie three and one Thanks be to thee O God the Father who hast both manifested thy Son unto me and given him to be my Teacher O grant likewise that he may be so for ever according to thy mercies of old time Amen My heart is readie O Lord my heart is readie I will sing and give praise yea I will praise thee among the people and I will sing unto thee among the Nations O let thy Mercie which is great unto the Heavens and thy Truth which reacheth unto the Clouds embrace me and preserve me to thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will speak of all thy marvellous works I will be glad and rejoyce in thee yea my songs will I make of thy Name O thou most highest For thou hast maintained my right and my cause thou art set in the Throne that judgest right Lord continue to be my defence against the oppressor and my refuge in due time of trouble that I may ever rejoyce in thy Salvation Jesus Christ. Amen My trust is in thee O God and my heart is joyful in thy salvation I will sing unto thee O Lord because thou hast dealt so lovingly with me yea I will praise thy Name O Lord most highest Amen O praise the Lord with me ye that fear him magnifie him all ye of the Seed of Jacob. My praise shall be of thee in the great Congregation and my vows will I perform in the sight of them that fear thee Amen What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit Shall the dust give thanks unto thee or shall it declare thy truth Hear O Lord and have mercie upon me Lord be thou my helper Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness therefore will I sing of thy praise without ceasing O my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever Amen I will alwaies give thanks unto thee O Lord thy praise shall ever be in my mouth My soul shall make her boast of thee O my God and the humble shall hear thereof and be glad For I sought thee O Lord and thou heardest me and didst deliver me out of all my fear even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Let my mouth be filled with praise and with thy glorie every day Amen O Lord who is like unto to thee For thou hast shewed me great troubles and adversities but thou wilt I hope return and quicken me thou wilt return and take me out of this depth Amen I will thank thee O Lord my God with all my heart and will praise thy Name for ever For great is thy mercie towards me and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost Hell O deliver it still for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and heartie thanks for the measure of knowledge which thou hast given me of thy truth for giving me a love to it and thy Church for quieting my soul in the midst of thy Churches distractions for the measure of rest and repose which thou hast given me in thee whereas no true content is found without thee Lord I give thee humble thanks likewise for the temporal blessings which thou hast heaped on me the favour of my Leige Lord and Soveraign the place to which thou hast raised me the means which thou hast given me to do good Lord I cannot name all thy blessings how shall I thank thee for them Lord I will thank thee for them by honouring thee in them O give a heart to desire all this and grace to perform it that my sins may be forgiven me and that I may be thine through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O praise the Lord for he is gracious O sing unto his Name for it is lovely I will give thanks unto thee O Lord with my whole heart I will worship towards thy holy Temple and praise thy Name and that because of thy loving kindness and truth for thou hast magnified thy Name and thy Word above all things Lord give me grace to obey thy Word and to honour thy Name for ever in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Prosperity LOrd this is the time of fear keep thy servant from presumptuous sins lest they get the dominion over me That though my sins be many and great yet I may be innocent from the great offence even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord make me worthie of the place to which thou hast raised me in thy Church that all my endeavours may be to make Truth and Peace meet together In this course give me understanding to discover my enemies and wisdom to prevent them a heart to love my friends and carriage that may bind them Lord make me love thy Church and the place where thine honour dwelleth that as thou hast honoured me above many others so I may honour thee above all and spend whatsoever is acceptable in the poor remainder of my life to serve thee in thy Church through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord turn away mine eyes that they behold not vanitie and quicken thou me in thy way Amen * O merciful Lord when thou hast prevailed with thy self for alas we never live so as to be worthie to prevail with thee to give us seasonable weather plentiful crops and peaceful times that enrich us with all good things and abundance of increase even above our wishes O suffer me not to be corrupted through so great prosperitie of happie events lest I should altogether forget thee and my self too but increase also my humilitie and my thankfulness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of
Pestilence DEliver me O Lord from all my offences and make me not a rebuke to the foolish Take I humbly beseech thee thy plague away from thy people for we begin to be consumed by means of thy heavie hand And for Jesus Christ his sake lay neither me nor mine under this uncomfortable disease Amen O Lord deliver me from the snare of the hunter and from the noisome pestilence O defend me under thy wings and keep me safe under thy feathers that I may not be afraid for any terrour by night nor for the arrow that flieth by day for the pestilence that walketh in the darkness nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day Though thousands fall beside me and ten thousands at my right hand yet let it not come near me even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord thou art my hope I beseech thee let no evil happen unto me neither let any plague come nigh my dwelling but give thine Angels charge over me to keep me in all my waies O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Amen O let the sorrowful sighing of them whom thou hast visited come before thee and according to the greatness both of thy power and mercie preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen O Lord I beseech thee favourably to hear the prayers of thy humble servant that I and my Family which are justly punished for our offences may be mercifully delivered by thy goodness from this and all other infection both of soul and bodie that so we may live both to serve and to praise thee to the glorie of thy great Name through Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O Almightie God which in thy wrath in the time of King David didst slay with the plague of Pestilence threescore and ten thousand and yet remembring thy mercie didst save the rest have pitie upon us miserable sinners that now are visited with great sickness and mortalitie and like as thou didst then command thine Angel to cease from punishing so it may now please thee to withdraw from us this plague and grievous sickness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Lord God who hast wounded us for our sins and consumed us for our transgressions by thy late heavie and long-continued Visitation and in the midst of that Judgment remembring mercie hast redeemed us from death we offer up unto thee our selves our souls and bodies which thou hast now delivered to be a living sacrifice unto thee And here I offer up unto thee most merciful Father in the name of all thy people all possible praise and thanks and shall ever magnifie thee through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In Old Age. O Lord cast me not off in the time of mine Age forsake me not now my strength begins to fail me Amen Forsake me not O God in mine old age now I am gray-headed until I have declared thy strength unto this Generation and thy power to all them that are to come Amen O Lord though thou hast shortned the daies of my Youth yet cover me not with dishonour Hide not thy self from me for ever but remember how short my time is and make me remember it O Lord. Amen O Lord teach me to number my daies that I may apply my heart unto wisdom Amen O Lord hide not thy face from me in the time of trouble for my daies are consumed away like smoke and my bones are burnt up like a fire-brand My daies are gone like a shadow and I am withered like grass Thou O Lord hast brought down my strength in my journey and shortened my daies But O my God take me not away but in the timeliness of my age that I may continue to serve thee and be faithful in thy service till thou remove me hence Amen For the Sick and Afflicted O Let the sorrowful sighing of the Prisoners come before thee and according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou them that are appointed to die even for Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen In time of Sickness O Lord the sorrows of death compass me and the snares of it are readie to overtake me When thou wilt dissolve my Tabernacle thou alone knowest therefore in this my trouble I will call upon thee my Lord and will complain unto my God O be with me at the instant of my death and receive me for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Into thy hands I commend my spirit for thou hast redeemed me O Lord God of Truth O Lord thy hand is heavie upon me day and night and my moisture is become like the drought in Summer I acknowledge my sin unto thee O Lord and my unrighteousness have I not hid O Lord be merciful unto me Amen O Lord hear my prayer and with thine ears consider my calling hold not thy peace at my tears For I am a stranger with thee and a sojourner as all my Fathers were O spare me a little that I may recover my strength before I go hence and be no more seen Amen * O Lord in the midst of life we are in death from whence or of whom do we seek for succour but of thee O Lord who yet art justly displeased with us for our sins O holy and mightie O holy and merciful Saviour deliver me not into the most bitter pains of eternal death O cast me not away in the time of my sickness forsake me not when my strength faileth me Before thee O Lord is all my desire and my groanings are not hid from thee Thou knowest O Lord all the secrets of my heart I beseech thee shut not the ears of thy mercie to my prayers But spare me O Lord most holy O God most mightie O holy and most merciful Saviour thou most worthie Judge eternal suffer me not at my last hour for any terrour of death to fall from thee Amen O Lord Jesus my Saviour O Lord the snares of death compass me round about the pains of hell get hold upon me I have found trouble and heaviness but will call upon thy Name O Lord O Lord deliver my soul. Deliver my soul from death mine eyes from tears and my feet from falling that I may walk before thee in the land of the living Amen Thou O Lord hast chastened and corrected me but not given me yet over unto death Open me the gates of righteousness that I may go into them and give thanks unto the Lord. Amen There is no health in my flesh by reason of thy wrath neither is there any rest in my bones by reason of my sin Yet O Lord be merciful unto me and heal me even for thy Names sake Amen O Lord I give thee humble and heartie thanks for the great and almost miraculous bringing of me back from the bottom of my Grave What thou hast further for me to do or to
And I now desire to depart this life in the Invocation and Confession of thy Name Lord I confess it and call upon it O come Lord Jesu Amen O Lord I have sinned 1. But I have not denied thee O never let the Enemie prevail with me to denie thee 2. But I believe O Lord increase my Faith and let me never be confounded 3. But I hope and what is my hope but in thee alone receive me O Lord according to thy Word and let me not be disappointed of my hope 4. But I have prepared and directed my heart to seek thee and though I am not purified according to the purification of the Sanctuarie yet O Lord Jesu quench not the smoaking flax nor break the bruised Reed 5. But I bear thy correction patiently and I hold my tongue because thou Lord hast done it 6. But I forgive those that have trespassed against me and thou hast promised forgiveness to him that forgives them 7. But I cast my self upon thee O withdraw not thy self from me and in no wise cast me out when I come unto thee 8. But I desire to depart confessing unto thee and calling on thy Name Wherefore not for my sake O Lord nor for any thing that belongs to me but for thine own sake for thy Names sake for the glorie of thy great Name and for thy Truths sake for thy many great and wonderful mercies sake for the sake of Christ the Mediator and of the Holy Ghost the Comforter receive me that am returned to my self and returning unto thee Amen And therefore O Lord my God I shew forth I offer I commemorate Between thee and me Christ the Priest the Lamb the Sacrifice Between me and Satan Christ a King a Lion a triumphant Conqueror Between me and sin Christ's Innocencie in his Life Between the punishment of me and my sins Christ's Satisfaction Passion and Bloud shedding Between me and my want of Righteousness Christ's Righteousness and unsinning Obedience Between me and my unworthiness to be rewarded Christ's Merits Between me and my want of sorrow for my sins Christ's Tears and bloudie sweat Between me and my want of fervencie in Prayer Christ's Intercession Between me and my own Conscience or the Accusation of Satan Christ the Advocate Between me and my Concupiscence Christ's Love Let it be acceptable unto thee O Lord for the same Christ's sake Amen O Lord I have sinned But I do not cover my sin I do not excuse it I willingly confess it I reflect on it in the bitterness of my soul. I abhor my self for the sins I have committed against thee O give me grace that I may judge and take vengeance on my felf that I may not depart this most miserable life without forgiveness O Lord I have not onely sinned but provoked thee with many and grievous sins yet I beseech thee remember that I am but flesh even a wind that passeth and cometh not again * And the mercie of my blessed Saviour can avail more towards the salvation of me a sinner than my iniquitie can do to my destruction Amen * O Lord Jesus in thee there was found no cause of death and yet didst thou suffer death for me I have deserved death give me grace O Lord that I may not fear to die and that I may be prepared for it Amen * O Lord Jesus for those bitter pains which thou didst endure on the Cross for me a most miserable Creature and especially at that hour when thy most pretious soul went forth from thy blessed body I beseech thee have mercy on my Soul when she takes her flight and bring her unto life eternal Amen Absolution OUr Lord Jesus Christ who hath lest power to his Church to Absolve all sinners which truly repent and believe in him of his great mercie forgive thee thine offences And by his Authoritie committed to me I Absolve thee from all thy sins In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen Consecrations Ordinations O Lord I am now at thy Altar at thy work keep me that I lay not my hands suddenly upon any man lest I be partaker of other mens sins but that I may keep my self pure in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord give me grace that as oft as they shall come in my way I may put them in remembrance whom I have ordained that they stir up the gift of God that is in them by the putting on of my hands through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Grant O Lord I beseech thee that the course of this world may be so peaceably ordered by thy Governance that thy Church may joyfully serve thee in all godly quietness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee let thy continual mercie cleanse and defend thy Church And because it cannot continue in safetie without thy succour preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Lord I beseech thee keep thy Houshold the Church in continual godliness that through thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoutly given to serve thee in good works to the glorie of thy Name through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen For his Episcopal Charge * O God the Pastor and Governor of all thy faithful people look down in mercie upon me thy servant whom thou hast been pleased to appoint chief Pastor of the Church of Canterbury grant I most humbly beseech thee that I may profit those whom I am set over both by my Doctrine and my Example that I together with my Flock committed to my charge may come at last to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * O my God my most merciful Father let thy grace work so in me that I may be truly humble in the refusal of every great Office and yet obedient to undertake it that I may be faithful in the possession and courageous in the administration of it that I may be watchsul in ruling them earnest in correcting them servent in loving them patient in bearing with them prudent in governing them That in behalf of those who are under my care I may wrastle with God when he has a Controversie with them and stand in the gap when he is angrie through the faith and merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour Amen O Lord as the rain cometh down from Heaven and returns not thither but waters the Earth and makes it bud and bring forth that it may give seed to the sower and bread to him that eateth So let thy Word be that goeth out of my mouth let it not return to me void but accomplish that which thou wilt and prosper in the thing whereto thou hast sent it that the people committed to my charge may go out with joy and be led forth in peace to thy freshest waters of comfort in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O Son of God thou which takest away the
sins of the world have mercie upon me in this heavie Charge Amen At the laying of the first Stone of a Chappel O Lord merciful and gracious this thy People are preparing to build a place for thy Service Accept I humbly beseech thee their present Devotion and make them perfect both in their present and future dutie that while thou givest them ease to honour thee they may with the greater alacritie go on in thy Service And now O Lord I have by thy mercie and goodness put to my hand to lay the first Stone in this Building 't is a Corner-stone make it I beseech thee a happie Foundation a durable Building Let it rise up and be made and continue a House of Prayer and Devotion through all Ages that thy People may here be taught to believe in Jesus Christ the true Corner-stone upon whom they and their souls may be built safe for ever Grant this for the merit of the same Jesus Christ our most blessed Lord and Saviour To whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit be ascribed all Power Majestie and Dominion this day and for ever Amen Vpon Admission into the Church GOd who of his mercie hath given you grace to give your self to his Church preserve and keep you in his Truth free both from Superstition and Prophaneness The Lord bless and keep you The Lord make his face shine upon you and be merciful unto you The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace in Conscience and constancie in Truth And by the power of Ministration committed to me by our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ I re-admit you into the Fellowship of his Church in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost Amen For the Duke of Buckingham GRacious Father I humbly beseech thee bless the Duke of Buckingham with all spiritual and temporal blessings but especially spiritual Make and continue him faithful to his Prince serviceable to his Countrie devout in thy Truth and Church a most happie Husband and a blessed Father filled with the constant love and honour of his Prince that all thy blessings may flow upon himself and his Posteritie after him Continue him a true-hearted friend to me thy poor servant whom thou hast honoured in his eyes Make my heart religious and dutiful to thee and in and under thee true and secret and stout and provident in all things which he shall be pleased to commit unto me Even so Lord and make him continually to serve thee that thou mayest bless him through Jesus Christ our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O most merciful God and gracious Father the Prince hath put himself to a great Adventure I humbly beseech thee make a clear way before him Give thine Angels charge over him be with him thy self in mercie power and protection in every step of his Journey in every moment of his time in every Consultation and Address for action till thou bring him back with safetie honour and contentment to do thee service in this place Bless his most trustie and faithful servant the Lord Duke of Buckingham that he may be diligent in service provident in business wise and happio in counsels for the honour of thy Name the good of thy Church the preservation of the Prince the contentment of the King the satisfaction of the State Preserve him I humbly beseech thee from all envie that attends him and bless him that his eyes may see the Prince safely delivered to the King and State and after it live long in happiness to do them and thee service through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O most gracious God and merciful Father thou art the Lord of Hosts all victorie over our Enemies all safetie against them is from thee I humbly beseech thee go out with our Armies and bless them Bless my dear Lord the Duke that is gone Admiral with them that wisdom may attend all his Counsels and courage and success all his Enterprizes that by his and their means thou wilt be pleased to bring safetie to this Kingdom strength and comfort to Religion victorie and reputation to our Countrie And that he may return with our Navie committed to him and with safetie honour and love both of Prince and People Grant this for thy dear Sons sake Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen O merciful God thy Judgments are often secret always just At this time they were temporally heavie upon the poor Duke of Buckingham upon me upon all that had the honour to be near him Lord thou hast I doubt not given him rest and light and blessedness in thee Give also I beseech thee comfort to his Ladie Bless his Children uphold his Friends forget not his Servants Lay open the bottom of all that irreligious and graceless Plot that spilt his bloud Bless and preserve the King from danger and from securitie in these dangerous times And for my self O Lord though the sorrows of my heart are inlarged in that thou gavest this most honourable Friend into my bosom and hast taken him again from me yet blessed be thy Name O Lord that hast given me patience I shall now see him no more till we meet at the Resurrection O make that joyful to us and all thy faithful servants even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Anniversaries O Eternal God and merciful Father with whom do rest the souls of them that die in thy faith and favour have mercie upon me and grant that my life may be a preparation to die and my death an entrance to life with thee As upon this day it pleased thee to take my dear Father to thy mercie when I was yet young O Lord he was thy servant thy meek humble faithful servant and I assure my self he is in rest and light and blessedness Lord while I am here behind in my pilgrimage shower down thy grace upon me Thou hast been more than a Father to me thou hast not suffered me to want a Father no not when thou hadst taken him from me O be pleased to be a Father still and by thy grace to keep me within the bounds of a Sons obedience Thou hast given me temporal blessings beyond desert or hope O be graciously pleased to heap spiritual blessings on me that I may grow in faith obedience and thankfulness to thee that I may make it my joy to perform dutie to thee And after my painful life ended bring me I beseech thee to thy joys to thy glorie to thy self that I and my Parents with all thy Saints and Servants departed this life may meet in a blessed glorious resurrection ever to sing praises and honour to thee in and through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen * Have regard unto thy servant O my God and be merciful to me according to the bowels of thy mercie Behold I am become a reproach to thy Name by serving my own ambition and the sins of other men And though the
to us Increase it good Lord to more Children the prop one of another against single hope Increase it to more Sons the great strength of his Majestie and his Throne Increase it in the Joy of his Royal Parents and all true-nearted Subjects Increase it by his Christian and happie Education both in Faith and Goodness that this Kingdom and People may be happie in the long life and prosperitie of our most gracious Soveraign and his Royal Consort And when fulness of days must gather time Lord double his Graces and make them apparent in this his Heir and his Heirs after him for all Generations to come even for Jesus Christ his sake our Lord and onely Saviour Amen O most gracious God and loving Father we give thee as we are bound most humble and heartie thanks for thy great mercie extended to us and this whole State in blessing the Queens Majestie with a happie deliverance in and from the great pains and perils of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue and increase this Blessing to give her strength that she may happily overcome this all dangers else that his most gracious Majestie may long have joy in her happie life that she may have joy in his Majesties prosperitie that both of them may have comfort in the Royal Prince Charles the new-born Princess the Lady Mary and with them in a hopeful healthful and successful Posteritie that the whole Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them and that both they and we may all have joy in the true honour and service of God that both Church and Kingdom may be blessed and their Royal Persons filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Lord and Saviour Amen O eternal God and merciful Father we give thee all humble and heartie thanks for our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles both for the gentleness of thy hand in a disease otherwise so troublesome and fearful and for the mercifulness of thy hand in taking it off so soon and so happily We know and acknowledge before thee our sins and what grievous punishments they have deserved But Lord we beseech thee still to remember us in mercie and long to bless our gracious King with life and health and strength and happiness and above all with the fear of thy holy Name that so he may continue under thee and over us a Father of the State a Patron of the Church a Comfort to his Royal Queen till he see his Childrens Children and peace upon Israel Grant this good Lord even for Jesus Christ his sake Amen Most gracious God and loving Father we give thee all humble and heartie thanks for thy great mercie in blessing the Queens Majestie with a happie deliverance in and from the great pains and peril of Child-birth We humbly beseech thee to continue thy mercies towards her that she may happily overcome this and all other dangers that his most gracious Majestie may long have joy in her most happie life and both of them comfort in the Royal Prince Charles and the rest of their Princely Issue particularly in the new-born Prince the Duke of York that they all may prove a healthful hopeful and a successful Posteritie that both Church and Kingdom may have fulness of joy in them That their Majesties Royal Persons may be filled with honour in this life and with eternal happiness in the life to come And this even for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Saviour and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victorie we humbly beseech thee to guard our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles to bless him in his Person with health and safetie in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success Grant blessed Lord that Victorie may attend his designes and that his Liege-people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the face of thine and his treacherous Enemies Give him blessed Father so to settle his Subjects in Peace and the true fear of thy Divine Majestie that he may return with joy and honour and proceed long to govern his Kingdoms in peace and plentie and in the happiness of true Religion and Pietie all his days These blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen O eternal God and merciful Father by whom alone Kings reign thou Lord of Hosts and giver of all Victorie we humbly beseech thee both now and ever to guide and preserve our most gracious Soveraign Lord King Charles To bless him in his Person with health and safetie in his Counsels with wisdom and prudence and in all his Actions with honour and good success especially against those his traiterous Subjects who having cast off all Obedience to their Anointed Soveraign do at this time in rebellious manner invade this Realm Grant blessed Lord that Victory may attend his Majesties designes that his Liege-people may rejoyce in thee but that shame may cover the faces of thine and his treacherous Enemies Enable him blessed Father so to vanquish and subdue them all that his Loyal Subjects being setled in Peace and the true fear of thy holy Name he may return with joy and honour and continue to govern his Kingdoms in peace and plenty and in the happiness of true Religion and Piety all his days These Blessings and whatsoever else shall be necessary for him or for our selves we humbly beg of thee O merciful Father for Jesus Christ his sake our onely Mediator and Redeemer Amen His Grace's Speech according to the Original written with his own hand and delivered by him upon the Scaffold on Tower-hill Jan. 10. 1644. to his Chaplain Dr. Sterne after Lord Archbishop of York Good People THis is an uncomfortable time to preach yet I shall begin with a Text of Scripture Heb. 12. 2. Let us run with patience that race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our Faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the Cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God I have been long in my Race and how I have looked unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of my Faith he best knows I am now come to the end of my Race and here I find the Cross a death of shame But the shame must be despised or no coming to the right hand of God Jesus despised the shame for me and God forbid that I should not despise the shame for Him I am going apace as you see towards the Red Sea and my feet are upon the very brink of it An argument I hope that God is bringing me into the Land of Promise for